Commodore 30 GB Multi Media Player PMC30

1) The firmware on my device reads D.1.2.1 On the neuros site, they have firmware 1.2.4 and 2.0. can I update my firmware even though I am well below their update level.

Anyone find the release notes for the firmware? The links to the release notes just seem to give instructions on how to upgrade the firmware?

I've yet to get mine but hopefully it has arrived today. My brother got his on Friday and it contained the stand. He couldn't get TV/IN working but I'd say that the TV/Lock button wasn't pressed which I presume is needed. Can you schedule a video recording on it?

the device was set to PAL
i pressed once and the lock button appeared on the pmc
but screen dint turn black
the video was being played on pmc30
no video on tv

Got mine today.. It's cool and all, but it's crashing a lot. Has anyone tried the firmware upgrade yet? I don't want to be the guinea pig

Jilm wrote:

No problems here doing the firmware upgrades incrementally. It's crashed just the once, otherwise it works fine standalone and TV-out.

What was shipped on yours? Mine was 1.2.3.. Did you use the firmware on the link posted on the previous page? Sorry, always nervous about firmware upgrades.

Here's what I like about it - I like the tv playback function, tested it briefly last night, I think I'll get use out of that. I like the chunky size and the cover, means I can let my son watch his favourite video of funny cats on a loop. Like the earphones, they feel nice if not a little large. They don't pop out of my ears, which is a good thing!

What I don't like - haven't been able to record from tv yet, although that could be user error, I don't see how I could mess it up with the basic instructions they give. Wish it had speakers built in. Crashes a lot, particularly if the wiggly power cable wiggles in it. I also have a lot more work to do to get used to its menus, I keep doing things I don't want to do

Has anyone managed to record of d'telly yet? That's my main concern with it at the moment..

But one thing to look out for (if i am correct) is that if you plug in the "yellow white and red" plugs into the tele you want to record from you have to make sure that they are not just video and audio IN sockets on your tele - I think (though I may be wrong) that front plug sockets on teles are normally input only).

Just checked I was using "In" sockets so this was my problem. Will try recording using the scart socket later. Im using Chorus so hopefully that wont cause any trouble...

I haven't done the firmware upgrade yet but would be interested to know how to do it and what updates people are using.

As for recording from the TV , my TV has no tv out sockets, I don't think many TVs do. I did however hook it up to the output on the dvd recorder and was able to record TV that way. I presume it would be the same for the output on video players. Incidentally I was also able to record from a dvd on to the player.:)

Jacob55 wrote:

I haven't done the firmware upgrade yet but would be interested to know how to do it and what updates people are using.

As for recording from the TV , my TV has no tv out sockets, I don't think many TVs do. I did however hook it up to the output on the dvd recorder and was able to record TV that way. I presume it would be the same for the output on video players. Incidentally I was also able to record from a dvd on to the player.:)

Bit the bullet with the firmware upgrade, that was grand.. whew

I was trying last night with our dvd/hdd/vcr recorder thingy.. Took the scart cable leading to the tv out, plugged in the cable which came with the device using a scart converter, no joy. When recording worked for you, did you get a preview on the player while it was recording, or was it just showing a black screen? Knowing the answer to that will speed up tests immeasurably! Also, did you just use the cable that came with it? I don't know if I'm doing this wrong or if it is broken

Quackles wrote:

Bit the bullet with the firmware upgrade, that was grand.. whew

I was trying last night with our dvd/hdd/vcr recorder thingy.. Took the scart cable leading to the tv out, plugged in the cable which came with the device using a scart converter, no joy. When recording worked for you, did you get a preview on the player while it was recording, or was it just showing a black screen? Knowing the answer to that will speed up tests immeasurably! Also, did you just use the cable that came with it? I don't know if I'm doing this wrong or if it is broken

Ye a preview does come up when you are in PVR mode and recording from the TV/VCR/DVD to the commodore. I used the cables that came with it. Also, I didn't disconnect the scart from the dvd recorder just used the RGB output on the back of dvd recorder.

No TV Out sockets on my TV and I just have a normal DVD player so I cant put the TV through this(altough I can use it to record DVDs). I tried connecting it directly to the chorus box using a scart adaptor but no go either. Anyone else have any sucess in connecting it directly to the Chorus box?

is anybody having problem with TV out here?
I updated my firmware from 1.2.1 to 2.0 but still no video on TV
changed setting to PAL
no use
only audio coming no video on Tv
video is displayed on player screen
pls suggest.. im getting sick of it now
just wanna get rid of it

pls suggest if anyone facing same problem

This is probably a very stupid question (apologies in advance), but what is firmware and why do you need to update ?

Jilm wrote:

Have you tried pressing the "TV/LOCK" button? The player screen goes blank and video should appear on the TV.

yes, i pressed the TV lock button, i got a lock symbol on my player screen. nothing much happened. video continued on player and no video on tv.

any suggestions>

event wrote:

ok, i just used one of these from my friend

http://www.aldi.ie/special_buys/product_166.html

popped it into the back of the TV and switched it to output. Records fine, no problem at all.
so basically, i had the TV aerial going into the back of it, this wee device into the scart socket set to OUT and records from it fine

went down to the Sky TV, its has two scart sockets on the back. One connects to teh TV, so i plugged the wee device into teh other one, still set to OUT and it recorded it fine too

so basically, get one of these things on Thursday

thats very interesting. didnt know you could do that at all with scart sockets!